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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Bill East wrote: > > > >> You're being rather naughty here - the wording of the 1559 rubric is >> exactly >> the same as the 1552 one: "And yf anye of the breade or wyne remaine, >> the >> Curate shal haue it to hys owne use." > > I haven't been naughty these forty years. I haven't a copy of the 1559 > revision, but that of 1662 contains the rubric: > > "And if any of the Bread and Wine remain unconsecrated, the Curate > shall have it to his own use: > but if any remain of that which was consecrated, it shall not be > carried out of the Church, but the Priest and such other of the > Communicants as he shall then call unto him, shall, immediately after > the Blessing, reverently eat and drink the same." > > This distinction was not made in 1552. I had thought it was made in > 1559, but perhaps (if you say so) it was later; certainly, as you see, > by 1662. And many other small but significant changes were made during > this period, all beefing up the idea of a presence of Christ in the > consecrated elements. > It could have happened in the 1604 revision, but I'd be inclined to blame William Laud - this is the rubric in his 1637 Scottish Book of Common Prayer: "And to take away the superstition, which any person hath or might have in the Bread and Wine (though it be lawfull to have wafer bread) it shall suffice that the Bread be such as is usuall : yet the best and purest Wheat Bread that conveniently may be gotten. And if any of the Bread and Wine remaine, which is consecrated, it shall be reverently eaten and drunk by such of the communicants only as the Presbyter which celebrates shall take unto him, but it shall not be carried out of the Church. And to the end that there be little left, he that officiates is required to consecrate with the least, and then if there be want, the words of consecration may be repeated again, over more, either bread or wine : the Presbyter beginning at the words in the prayer of consecration (our Saviour in the night that he was betrayed, took, &c.)" The rubric of the 1559 Book: "And to take awaye the superstition, whiche any person hath, or myghte have in the breade and wyne, it shall suffice that the breade be suche as is usual to be eaten at the table, with other meates, but the beste and purest wheate breade, that conveniently may be gotten. And yf anye of the breade or wyne remaine, the Curate shall have it to hys owne use." was omitted from the 1560 Latin Book of Common Prayer [Liber Precum Publicarum]. John Briggs ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html